Published on: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200
Zinc chelate of methionine sulfate is intended to be used as a nutritional additive (functional group: compounds of trace elements). The additive is zinc chelated with methionine in a molar ratio 1:1. It is intended to supply zinc as a nutritional additive to all animal species/categories. In 2017, the EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) adopted an opinion on the safety and efficacy of zinc chelate of methionine su...

On 26 June 2017, the European Commission adopted a decision to withdraw all marketing authorisations for veterinary medicinal products containing zinc oxide administered orally to food producing species. The medicinal products affected by the decision appear from Annex I to the decision.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) has confirmed a previous decision to phase out zinc oxide. Consequently, the CVMP has once more recommended to the European Commission that medicinal products containing zinc oxide for the prevention of diarrhoea in young pigs should be withdrawn from the market.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) will re-examine the decision to phase out medicinal products containing zinc oxide for the prevention of diarrhoea in young pigs.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) has recommended to the European Commission that medicinal products containing zinc oxide for the prevention of diarrhoea in young pigs should be withdrawn from the market.

Danish Medicines Agency

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